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Subject: Re: [Patch] bfd elfxx-ia64: share code between elf32 and elf64
From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
To: Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
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On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> wrot=
e:
> Hi,
>
> some functions of elfxx-ia64.c are in fact the same when compiled for elf=
32 and for elf64. =A0This patch adds a new file,
> elfxx-ia64.h which declares these functions and compiles them only for el=
f64.
>
> No regression for linux/gnu ia64 and hpux ia64.
>
> This work is in fact preliminary work to support gnu ld on vms/ia64. =A0A=
lthough VMS uses elf64, it doesn't use the same shared library
> model. =A0Its DSO model is derived from the previous vms one (vector base=
d). This made code reuse difficult.
>
> Ok for trunk ?
>

Why not do something similar to SPARC/MIPS to put common codes in
a new .c file?


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